Online News about SSD Drive Development and New Products

Pillar juices flash drive box (The Register)
Reliability boost roadmap Pillar Data Axiom storage arrays can go a whole lot faster, use less energy and be more reliable, thanks to a range of new features from flash drive enclosures to pre-emptive copies.… The power of collaboration within uni...

3PAR tiering faster than FAST (The Register)
Supports STEC SSD too Faster than EMC's FAST: you can order 3PAR's automatic data moving across storage tiers software right now. 3PAR is also adding solid state storage to its arrays.… What is your recession sales strategy?

STEC becalmed as Fusion-io streaks ahead (The Register)
EMC over-ordering breaks STEC's run Comment Conditions are variable in the solid state drive (SSD) world, with STEC lagging while Fusion-io has the wind in its sails.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Build a mini PC with high-quality audio in mind (Personal Computer World)
I’m building a mini PC designed as a source for high-quality audio. It will be small, quiet, consume minimal power, and, crucially, be controlled without the need for an external monitor, keyboard or mouse.

FalconStor and Violin get cache in hand (The Register)
SAN accelerator is go FalconStor and Violin have come up with a flash-based SAN accelerator featuring a dedicated cache area to speed up writes.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

Sandisk is shipping 'reasonably priced' G3 solid state disks (The Inquirer)
Spencer Dalziel THE INQUIRER Not quite as cheap as chips, or hard drives

Stonewood unveils government-accredited SSDs (vnunet.com)
David Neal, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 February 2010 at 13:23:00 Ruggedised units offer CAPS accreditation Encryption specialist Stonewood has released a family of secure, Flash-based storage devices that it claims are certified for use by governments...

NetApp says tiering is dying (The Register)
The FAST and the dead Comment NetApp CEO Tom Georgens thinks 3PAR, Dell, EMC, Compellent and others are wrong - automated tiering of data across different levels of drives is a dying concept.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Stonewood unveils government-accredited SSDs (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Irelan...
Encryption specialist Stonewood has released a family of secure, Flash-based storage devices that it claims are certified for use by governments.


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